Re: Leonine giant-killers

[MKIRKALDY@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/8/99 9:26:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com writes:
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>          Also, what is the rest of the elephant herd doing while one of
> their number is killed?  Elephants are highly social animals.  I'm not
> saying this doesn't  happen, but it does leave a lot of questions 
> unanswered.

Discovery Channel's web companion to last year's excellent multipart
series "The Ultimate Guide - Elephants" is still on line at:
http://eagle.online.discovery.com/area/nature/elephants/guide.html

While I don't remember any lion attacks in the series, it did document
elephant social behavior and the role of the matriarch in defending
others in the herd.  

Mary
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